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Clathrodrillia orellana Dall, 1927

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Drilliidae »  genus Clathrodrillia

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Description

Shell small, slender, whitish, with a smooth nucleus of one and a half, and four and a half subsequent whorls; suture distinct, not constricted or appressed; anal sulcus wide and shallow, the fasciole not excavated, inconspicuous; axial sculpture of protractively flexuous incremental lines, stronger near the apex, and in some cases feeble narrow ribs are developed on the earlier whorls, with wider inter-spaces; spiral sculpture of very fine threads, equal and with subequal interspaces, though a little coarser on the well-rounded base; aperture slightly wider than the canal, the outer lip thin, flexuous, sometimes a feeble thickening behind it; the whorls are usually rounded but sometimes there is a slight shoulder in front of the fasciole; pillar short, attenuated in front, canal short and wide. Length, 7.4; diameter, 3.5 mm.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.

Distribution

Off Georgia
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.
Author: Jan Delsing

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